Maja Sučević Miklin and Marija Reberski: After the Earthquake – Damages on Wooden Objects and the...

Maja Sučević Miklin and Marija Reberski: After the Earthquake – Damages on Wooden Objects and theFirst Steps of Preservation

Independent, Croatia
Croatian Conservation Restoration Association, Croatia

The types of damages depend not just on the strength of the earthquake but also on the object’s condition, technological layers and the location of the object. For example, if a wooden object with good structural condition falls from a shelf during an earthquake, this could result in damages to the wooden surface, causing mechanical damages like dents and scratches, but if the wooden object has layers such as polychromy and gilding that are more fragile, the fall could cause severe damages resulting in the loss of the mentioned layers. If the building structure caves in during the earthquake, bricks, pieces of concrete, thick layers of dust and dirt, precipitation (if the roof is cracked) can cause significant and severe damages not just on the surface of the objects but also to its wooden structure causing breakages (especially if the woodworm has already damaged the structure causing no mechanical resilience), crushed parts can become irretrievable, fragments could be displaced, dust could penetrate the layers and precipitation could soften the ground layers. The virtual workshop will present simulations of different types of damages caused by an earthquake that can occur on wooden objects and the general measures of preservation to protect the objects depending on the type of damage and condition of the objects. Procedures that will be presented include dusting and surface cleaning from dirt and debris, preventive consolidation of severely damaged layers
and wooden structure using adhesives in liquid form and spray discussing their positive and negative characteristics, the process of recording the condition of the objects using general condition reports and photo-documentation, and finally handling and packaging damaged objects for transportation.

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